From January 2017, KEEP+ will be able to help your business achieve its goals for growth by helping you overcome barriers to innovation.

By partnering with Anglia Ruskin University, KEEP+ will provide your small to medium sized enterprise (SME) with a flexible programme that will help you innovate. KEEP+ is designed to help your company:

develop new products or services;

increase profitability;

reduce costs;

provide you with a stepping stone to larger-scale innovation opportunities;

access graduate talent

The programme offers four interventions. To find out more about how each intervention can help you, click on the relevant link:

How will KEEP+ help my business?

By providing your business with increased and improved access to our University’s research and development capabilities. By taking part in this programme, you’ll have the opportunity to explore new collaborative solutions in conjunction with public sector bodies, larger businesses and other SMEs in your area.

Why does this programme exist?

The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) has funded this programme to support business investment in research and innovation (R&I) and help foster collaboration between businesses and the higher education sector.

In doing so, KEEP+ will:

increase innovation activity in SMEs;

strengthen local innovation ‘ecosystem(s)’ and leverage opportunities for social innovation;

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